JP2008205856A - Primary radiator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a primary radiator which allows a horn and a waveguide each having an elliptic cross-section to be easily produced and the cost of the radiator to be reduced. <P>SOLUTION: The primary radiator 3 comprises a horn part 3a and a waveguide part 3b, wherein the horn part 3a and the waveguide part 3b are integrally formed by deep drawing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a primary radiator of, for example, a satellite broadcast / satellite communication receiving converter (LNB), and more particularly to a primary radiator composed of a horn portion and a waveguide portion and a manufacturing method thereof.

  The parabolic antenna used to receive satellite broadcasting and satellite communications consists of a reflector that collects the radio waves from the satellite at one point, a primary radiator that takes in the radio waves collected at one point, and the radio waves that are captured by the primary radiator. And a converter that amplifies and converts the frequency.

  The primary radiator includes a waveguide having one end opened and the other end closed, for example, a circular cross-sectional shape, and first and second probes inserted into the waveguide from the wall surface. ing. The first and second probes are installed so as to be orthogonal to each other, and the distance between both the probes and the closed end of the waveguide is set to about ¼ wavelength of the guide wavelength.

  In the primary radiator configured as described above, when the linearly polarized radio waves transmitted from the satellite are collected by the reflecting mirror and guided into the waveguide, for example, the vertically polarized wave is the first of the radio waves. The horizontal polarization is detected by the second probe. The detection signals from both the probes are converted into IF frequency signals by the converter circuit and output, so that the radio waves transmitted from the satellite can be received.

  Conventionally, primary radiators generally used have been die-cast using a metal such as aluminum or zinc. FIG. 10 shows an assembly cross-sectional view of a die cast molding type LNB. The LNB chassis 10 is configured by integrating a horn portion (corrugated portion) 10a and a waveguide portion 10b.

  Other than using die-cast molding, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, there is a method of manufacturing by spinning (squeezing).

Further, as disclosed in Patent Document 2, there is a technique for manufacturing a corrugated waveguide by bending a sheet metal.
JP 58-154901 A (published on September 14, 1983) JP 2004-336154 A (published on November 25, 2004)

  However, in the above conventional configuration, in the manufacturing method by die casting, the structure of the primary radiator is complicated because the horn and the waveguide are integrally formed, and it is necessary to use an expensive molding die. . Moreover, there existed a problem that weight was heavy because of die-casting.

  In addition, in the manufacturing method by spinning, the primary radiator can be reduced in weight, but there is a problem that only the horn and the waveguide having a circular cross-sectional shape can be manufactured.

  In addition, in the manufacturing method by bending, a corrugate having a noise reduction effect can be added and a light primary radiator can be manufactured. However, a primary radiator in which the cross-sectional shape of the corrugate and the waveguide is an ellipse is manufactured. There was a problem that was not possible.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to easily produce a horn and a waveguide having an elliptical cross-sectional shape, and to reduce the cost of the primary radiator. It is to realize a manufacturing method.

  In order to solve the above problems, a primary radiator according to the present invention is a primary radiator including a horn portion and a waveguide portion, and the horn portion and the waveguide portion are formed by deep drawing. It is characterized by being integrally molded.

  Drawing is a process in which a metal plate is deformed by a press to obtain a product having a seamless recess. The deep drawing process uses, for example, a pair of female and male dies called dies and punches to flat plate material sheared into a predetermined contour shape, such as when making a cup-shaped bottomed cylindrical container from a circular plate. This is a molding process.

  According to the above configuration, the primary radiator is manufactured by integrally forming the waveguide portion and the horn portion by deep drawing the plate material having the property of plastic deformation and conductivity. The processing time can be shortened, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  In addition, the said board | plate material to process is not restricted to a metal, For example, resin which gave plating may be sufficient.

  In order to solve the above problems, a primary radiator according to the present invention is a primary radiator including a horn portion and a waveguide portion, and the horn portion and the waveguide portion are individually deep-drawn. It is molded and integrated by processing.

  According to said structure, since the shape of the horn part to process and a waveguide part becomes simple, there exists an effect that deep drawing process becomes easy.

  In addition to the above-described configuration, the primary radiator of the present invention is characterized in that the shape of the cross section is elliptical in a cross section perpendicular to the axis of the primary radiator.

  In addition to the above configuration, the primary radiator of the present invention is characterized in that the horn portion includes a bent portion toward the waveguide portion on the flange surface on the wide-mouth side.

  According to said structure, there exists an effect that the intensity | strength of a horn part can be improved. In addition, the directivity characteristic of the primary radiator can be improved. Furthermore, there is an effect that noise is further reduced as compared with the conventional technique of attaching a corrugation.

  The primary radiator according to the present invention may have a configuration in which a horn portion and a waveguide portion are integrally formed by deep drawing.

  Further, the primary radiator according to the present invention may be a circular waveguide formed by deep drawing a sheet metal.

  The primary radiator according to the present invention may be an elliptical waveguide formed by deep drawing a sheet metal.

  Further, the primary radiator according to the present invention may be a rectangular waveguide formed by deep drawing a sheet metal.

  In addition, the primary radiator according to the present invention may be configured such that a horn portion molded by deep drawing and a waveguide molded by the same processing are joined.

  Further, the primary radiator according to the present invention may be an elliptical waveguide, and the horn part and the waveguide may be separated and joined.

  The primary radiator according to the present invention may be a rectangular waveguide, and the horn portion and the waveguide may be separated and joined.

  Further, the primary radiator according to the present invention may have a configuration characterized by combining and joining the shapes in which the horn part and the waveguide part are separated.

  In addition, the primary radiator according to the present invention may have a configuration in which the strength is increased by bending the end face of the horn portion.

  Further, the primary radiator according to the present invention may be configured such that a performance result with good directivity can be obtained by bending the end face of the horn portion.

  As described above, the primary radiator according to the present invention is characterized in that the horn portion and the waveguide portion are integrally formed by deep drawing.

  Therefore, by deep-drawing the sheet metal, the waveguide unit and the horn unit are integrally molded to manufacture the primary radiator, so that the processing time can be shortened and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  In addition, as described above, the primary radiator according to the present invention is characterized in that the horn portion and the waveguide portion are individually molded by deep drawing and integrated.

  Therefore, since the shapes of the horn part and the waveguide part to be processed are simplified, there is an effect that the deep drawing process becomes easy.

  Each embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 as follows.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the entire satellite broadcast / satellite communication reception converter (LNB: Low Noise converter Block). Of this LNB, the primary radiator 2 includes a horn part 2a and a waveguide part 2b. In the figure shown below, only the part of the primary radiator 2 is illustrated.

The primary radiator 2 is manufactured by deep drawing a sheet metal and integrating the horn part and the waveguide part. In the deep drawing process, a thin plate is processed into a sheet metal like the spinning process and the sheet metal bending process. Therefore, a waveguide with a horn could be manufactured without using a complicated die casting mold having a complicated structure.
The plate material to be deep drawn can be a plastically deformable and conductive material. Therefore, the plate material is not limited to the sheet metal, and may be a plated resin plate material, for example.

  In FIG. 2, the detail of the primary radiator 2 of this embodiment is shown. 2 (a) is a side view of the primary radiator 2, FIG. 2 (b) is a front view of the primary radiator 2, and FIG. 2 (c) is a diagram of the primary radiator 2 shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing in the AA 'cross section of b).

  The horn part 2a has a conical shape with the tip part cut off, and the bottom part has a flange shape. The waveguide portion 2b has a cylindrical shape with one end on the side far from the horn portion 2a closed. As can be seen from the front view of FIG. 2B, both the horn portion 2a and the waveguide portion 2b have a circular cross-sectional shape.

  Note that in the following embodiment, only portions different from the present embodiment will be described.

[Second Embodiment]
In FIG. 1, the detail of the primary radiator 3 of this embodiment is shown. 1 (a) is a side view of the primary radiator 3, FIG. 1 (b) is a front view of the primary radiator 3, and FIG. 1 (c) is a diagram of the primary radiator 3 shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing in the AA 'cross section of b).

  As can be seen from the front view of FIG. 1B, the cross-sectional shapes of the horn portion 3a and the waveguide portion 3b are elliptical, unlike the circular shape of the first embodiment. The wide-mouth side of the horn portion 3a has a flange shape, and the cross-section on the narrow-mouth side has the same shape and size as the open end of the waveguide portion 3b. The other end of the waveguide portion 3b on the side far from the horn portion 2a is closed.

[Third Embodiment]
In FIG. 4, the detail of the primary radiator 4 of this embodiment is shown. 4 (a) is a side view of the primary radiator 4, FIG. 4 (b) is a front view of the primary radiator 4, and FIG. 4 (c) is a diagram of the primary radiator 4 shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing in the AA 'cross section of b).

  As can be seen from the front view of FIG. 4B, the cross-sectional shapes of the horn portion 4a and the waveguide portion 4b are rectangular, unlike the circular shape of the first embodiment or the elliptical shape of the second embodiment. The horn portion 3a has a quadrangular pyramid shape with the tip cut off, and a flange is formed at the bottom. The waveguide portion 4b has a quadrangular prism shape, the opened mouth has the same shape and size as the narrow mouth side of the horn portion 4a, and the other end far from the horn portion 3a is closed.

<Summary of First to Third Embodiments>
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the primary radiators 2, 3, and 4 are formed by deep drawing a sheet metal and integrally forming a horn portion and a waveguide portion. Spinning can only produce a circular cross-section, and bending can not create a curved cross-section, but deep drawing can easily make the horn and waveguide sections that have an elliptical cross-section. Can be created.

[Fourth Embodiment]
In this embodiment, unlike the embodiments described so far, in manufacturing the primary radiator, the horn part and the waveguide part are separately made of sheet metal, and then the horn part and the waveguide part are joined. To produce a primary radiator.

  Although this manufacturing method increases the time and labor for joining, the shapes of the horn part and the waveguide part become simpler and can be produced by simpler deep drawing.

  In FIG. 5, the detail of the primary radiator 5 of this embodiment is shown. 5A is a side view of the horn portion 5a, FIG. 5B is a front view of the horn portion 5a, and FIG. 5C is a view of the horn portion 5a in FIG. 5B. FIG. 5D is a side view of the waveguide portion 5b, FIG. 5E is a front view of the waveguide portion 5b, and FIG. FIG. 5F is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB ′ in FIG.

  The horn part 5a has a conical shape with the tip part cut off, and the bottom part has a flange shape. The waveguide portion 5b has a cylindrical shape with one end on the side far from the horn portion 5a closed. As can be seen from the front views of FIGS. 5B and 5E, the cross-sectional shapes of the horn portion 5a and the waveguide portion 5b are circular.

[Fifth Embodiment]
In FIG. 6, the detail of the primary radiator 6 of this embodiment is shown. 6 (a) is a side view of the horn portion 6a, FIG. 6 (b) is a front view of the horn portion 6a, and FIG. 6 (c) is a view of the horn portion 6a in FIG. 6 (b). FIG. 6D is a side view of the waveguide portion 6b, FIG. 6E is a front view of the waveguide portion 6b, and FIG. FIG. 6F is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB ′ in FIG.

  As can be seen from the front views of FIGS. 6B and 6E, the cross-sectional shapes of the horn portion 6a and the waveguide portion 6b are elliptical. The wide-mouth side of the horn portion 6a has a flange shape, and the cross-section on the narrow-mouth side has the same shape and size as the open end of the waveguide portion 6b. The waveguide part 6b is cylindrical, the side joined to the horn part 6a is released, and the other end far from the horn part 6a is closed.

[Sixth Embodiment]
In FIG. 7, the detail of the primary radiator 7 of this embodiment is shown. 7A is a side view of the horn portion 7a, FIG. 7B is a front view of the horn portion 7a, and FIG. 7C is a view of the horn portion 7a in FIG. 7B. It is sectional drawing in an AA 'cross section, FIG.7 (d) is a side view of the waveguide part 7b, FIG.7 (e) is a front view of the waveguide part 7b, FIG. FIG. 7F is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB ′ of FIG.

  As can be seen from the front views of FIGS. 7B and 7E, the cross-sectional shapes of the horn portion 7a and the waveguide portion 7b are rectangular. . The horn part 7a has a quadrangular pyramid shape with the tip cut off, and a flange is formed at the bottom. The waveguide portion 7b has a quadrangular prism shape, and the released mouth is joined to the narrow mouth side of the horn portion 7a, and the other end far from the horn portion 7a is closed.

<Summary of Fourth to Sixth Embodiments>
As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the primary radiators 5, 6, and 7 are formed by deep drawing a sheet metal and separately forming a horn part and a waveguide part and then joining them together. is there.

  Even when the horn part and the waveguide part are molded separately, only a circular cross-sectional shape can be made by spinning, and a curved cross-sectional shape cannot be made by bending, but the cross-sectional shape can be made by deep drawing. The horn part and the waveguide part can be easily formed.

[Seventh Embodiment]
In this embodiment, an example in which bending processing is performed on the end face of the horn portion of each primary radiator described above will be described. In the following, as a representative example, the end face of the horn part is bent based on the primary radiator shown in the first embodiment in which the horn part and the waveguide part are integrally formed and the cross-sectional shape is circular. Although an example of processing will be described, of course, the bending process can be applied to primary radiators of other shapes.

  In FIG. 8, the detail of the primary radiator 8 of this embodiment is shown. 8A is a side view of the primary radiator 8, FIG. 8B is a front view of the primary radiator 8, and FIG. 8C is a diagram of the primary radiator 8, FIG. It is sectional drawing in the AA 'cross section of b).

  As shown in the figure, the end face 8c of the horn part 8a is bent toward the waveguide part 8b.

  By this bending process, the strength of the horn part could be improved.

  Moreover, the directivity of the primary radiator 8 is improved by this bending process. In order to confirm this directivity, measurement was performed in a high band (for example, 12.75 GHz) used in the current LNB. As a result, as shown in the graph of the radiation pattern in FIG. 9, when the end face is bent (FIG. 9A) compared to the case where the end face is not bent (FIG. 9B), It can be seen that the directivity characteristics are almost the same when Phi indicating the directivity characteristics of the horn portion is 0 degree and 90 degrees. That is, it can be seen that good directivity with no variation was obtained by bending the end face 8c.

<Supplementary items>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  In the manufacturing method of the primary radiator according to the present invention, the waveguide unit and the horn unit are integrally formed by deep drawing a sheet metal, thereby manufacturing the primary radiator. It can be suitably applied to the production of a primary radiator that requires a reduction in production cost.

It is a figure which shows the detail of the primary radiator in 2nd Embodiment, (a) is a side view of a primary radiator, (b) is a front view of a primary radiator, (c) is FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the primary radiator taken along the line AA ′ in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of the primary radiator in 1st Embodiment, (a) is a side view of a primary radiator, (b) is a front view of a primary radiator, (c) is FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the primary radiator taken along the line AA ′ in FIG. It is sectional drawing of the chassis single-piece | unit of the converter for satellite broadcasting and satellite communication (LNB) which integrally formed the horn and the waveguide produced by the deep drawing process of the sheet metal in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the detail of the primary radiator in 3rd Embodiment, (a) is a side view of a primary radiator, (b) is a front view of a primary radiator, (c) is FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the primary radiator taken along the line AA ′ in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of the primary radiator in 4th Embodiment, (a) is a side view of a horn part, (b) is a front view of a horn part, (c) is a horn. FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG. 5B, FIG. 5D is a side view of the waveguide portion, and FIG. 5E is a front view of the waveguide portion. (F) is sectional drawing in the BB 'cross section of FIG.5 (e). It is a figure which shows the detail of the primary radiator in 5th Embodiment, (a) is a side view of a horn part, (b) is a front view of a horn part, (c) is a horn. FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG. 6B, FIG. 6D is a side view of the waveguide portion, and FIG. 6E is a front view of the waveguide portion. (F) is sectional drawing in the BB 'cross section of FIG.6 (e). It is a figure which shows the detail of the primary radiator in 6th Embodiment, (a) is a side view of a horn part, (b) is a front view of a horn part, (c) is a horn. FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG. 7B, (d) is a side view of the waveguide portion, and (e) is a front view of the waveguide portion, (F) is sectional drawing in the BB 'cross section of FIG.7 (e). It is a figure which shows the detail of the primary radiator in 7th Embodiment, (a) is a side view of a primary radiator, (b) is a front view of a primary radiator, (c) is FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the primary radiator taken along the line AA ′ of FIG. It is a graph which shows the radiation pattern of an electromagnetic wave, (a) is a radiation pattern of the primary radiator which bent the end surface of the horn part, (b) is a radiation pattern of the primary radiator which does not bend the end surface of the horn part. is there. It is sectional drawing of the satellite broadcast and the sanitary communication reception converter (LNB) of the die-casting type generally used conventionally.

Explanation of symbols

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 Primary radiator 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a Horn part 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, 6b, 7b, 10b Waveguide part 8c Bending End face 10a Horn (corrugated) part

Claims (5)

In a primary radiator having a horn part and a waveguide part,
The primary radiator, wherein the horn portion and the waveguide portion are integrally formed by deep drawing.   2. The primary radiator according to claim 1, wherein a shape of the cross section is elliptical in a cross section perpendicular to the axis of the primary radiator. In a primary radiator having a horn part and a waveguide part,
The primary radiator, wherein the horn part and the waveguide part are individually molded by deep drawing and integrated.   The primary radiator according to claim 3, wherein a shape of the cross section is an ellipse in a cross section perpendicular to the axis of the primary radiator.   4. The primary radiator according to claim 1, wherein the horn portion includes a bent portion toward the waveguide portion on a flange surface on a wide-mouth side. 5.

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